Fracking Should be Kept 600m From Aquifers, Study Says

New research on the safety of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) suggests new wells should not be dug within 600 meters of a water aquifer because underground fractures can extend about that far from a dug well.

According to a report from UK’s The Guardian newspaper, researchers and geologists at Durham University have determined that underground fractures typically extended no more than 588 meters up and down from a well underground.